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contributor authorFujita, T. Theodore
contributor authorByers, Horace R.
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:01:29Z
date available2017-06-09T16:01:29Z
date copyright1977/02/01
date issued1977
identifier issn0027-0644
identifier otherams-59065.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4199582
description abstractMeteorological conditions leading to the crash of an airliner short of the runway of a New York airport were studied. Thunderstorm downdrafts much stronger than those measured on the 1946?47 Thunderstorm Project were found. These exceptional downdrafts have been designated as ?downbursts.? The violent cloud systems that produce downburst cells can be identified in the form of forward extensions of radar echoes designated as ?spearhead echoes? which move with unusual speed. The development of downburst cells appears to he tied in with overshooting tops of clouds at the anvil level.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleSpearhead Echo and Downburst in the Crash of an Airliner
typeJournal Paper
journal volume105
journal issue2
journal titleMonthly Weather Review
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0493(1977)105<0129:SEADIT>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage129
journal lastpage146
treeMonthly Weather Review:;1977:;volume( 105 ):;issue: 002
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